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  1. Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid

    Have you recently received an email invitation to be a featured guest at a book festival or conference event? Or to be interviewed on a radio show or podcast? Literary agents, publishers, and major production companies don’t typically cold-call authors. That unexpected “endorsement” from Amazon Studios, or expression of interest from a Big 5 editor, Read More
    The post Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/b

    #AIscams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams #Solicitation

  2. Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid

    Have you recently received an email invitation to be a featured guest at a book festival or conference event? Or to be interviewed on a radio show or podcast? Literary agents, publishers, and major production companies don’t typically cold-call authors. That unexpected “endorsement” from Amazon Studios, or expression of interest from a Big 5 editor, Read More
    The post Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/b

    #AIscams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams #Solicitation

  3. Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid

    Have you recently received an email invitation to be a featured guest at a book festival or conference event? Or to be interviewed on a radio show or podcast? Literary agents, publishers, and major production companies don’t typically cold-call authors. That unexpected “endorsement” from Amazon Studios, or expression of interest from a Big 5 editor, Read More
    The post Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/b

    #AIscams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams #Solicitation

  4. Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid

    Have you recently received an email invitation to be a featured guest at a book festival or conference event? Or to be interviewed on a radio show or podcast? Literary agents, publishers, and major production companies don’t typically cold-call authors. That unexpected “endorsement” from Amazon Studios, or expression of interest from a Big 5 editor, Read More
    The post Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/b

    #AIscams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams #Solicitation

  5. Phishing Exploits Persist, Breaching Half of UK Businesses

    Phishing attacks remain a major threat, with nearly half of UK businesses falling victim to these scams in the past year, and a staggering 85% of breaches involving phishing as the primary entry point. These attacks often rely on human error, using tactics like impersonation emails and fake logins to trick staff into handing over…

    osintsights.com/phishing-explo

    #Phishing #UkBusinesses #CyberSecurityBreaches #Impersonation #EmergingThreats

  6. NASA Targeted in Chinese Phishing Scheme for U.S. Defense Software

    For years, unsuspecting NASA employees and collaborators were duped into sharing sensitive US defense software with a Chinese national masquerading as a colleague, in a brazen phishing scheme that went undetected for years. The scam funneled top-secret aerospace and defense tech to the imposter, violating US export control…

    osintsights.com/nasa-targeted-

    #ChinesePhishingScheme #Nasa #UsDefenseSoftware #ExportControl #Impersonation

  7. Impersonator Exploits Slack to Target Linux Developers

    A clever impersonator tricked Linux developers on Slack by posing as a trusted official, leading them to click a link that seemed harmless but actually handed over their credentials and development environment. This sneaky attack used Google-hosted pages to disguise a bogus root certificate, catching developers off guard.

    osintsights.com/impersonator-e

    #Impersonation #SlackExploit #Linux #EmergingThreats #SupplyChain

  8. During anti-Trump protests in the U.S., an individual impersonated Donald Trump. #Protests #Impersonation

  9. During anti-Trump protests in the U.S., an individual impersonated Donald Trump. #Protests #Impersonation

  10. During anti-Trump protests in the U.S., an individual impersonated Donald Trump. #Protests #Impersonation

  11. During anti-Trump protests in the U.S., an individual impersonated Donald Trump. #Protests #Impersonation

  12. Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses

    I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
    The post Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w

    #OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams

  13. Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses

    I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
    The post Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w

    #OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams

  14. Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses

    I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
    The post Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w

    #OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams

  15. Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses

    I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
    The post Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w

    #OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams